'Malleoli' definitions:
Definition of 'Malleoli'
From: GCIDE
- Malleolus \Mal*le"*o*lus\, n.; pl. Malleoli. [L., dim. of malleus hammer.]
- 1. (Anat.) A projection at the distal end of each bone of the leg at the ankle joint. The malleolus of the tibia is the internal projection, that of the fibula the external. [1913 Webster]
- 2. " A layer, " a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through. [1913 Webster]